A huge car bomb exploded Saturday at a bustling outdoor market in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing at least 66 people and injuring about 100. It was the deadliest attack since the new national unity government took office six weeks ago and one of the biggest this year.
Blast kills 66 in Baghdad Shiite district
Robert H. Reid, AP, July 1, 2006
An equivalent US headline would read, "A bombing in New York took about 700 lives injuring over a thousand."
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